Package-tie.



H. B ALDEN. PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I. I937.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

E 1 EEC d foz HENlEtY B. ALDEN, UT EDMOND, OKLflliEUllllIid...

PACKAGE-TIE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11 1917.

llpplication filed February 1, 1917. Serial No. 145,9341.

mond, in the county of Uklahoma and Eitate of @klahoma, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements 1n Package-Twas; and

it do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the lnvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in package ties, particularly those which are adapted to be used by mail clerks in tying packages of letters.

The principal object of the invention is to produce a very simply constructed package tie which can be inexpensively manufactured and yet one which will be very efficient in carrying out the functions for which it is designed.

With this general object in view the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more par ticularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a package showing my improved tie disposed partially therearound;

Figs. 2 and 3 show additional steps in the tying of a package with a device constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 4; is a top plan view;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the plane of the line 5-5 of lFi 7.;

Fig. 6 is an edge view of the device; and

Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7-4 of Fig. 4:-

My improved package tie is shown in the seve 'al figures of the accompanying drawing as applied to an ordinary rectangular package P, the cord C being wrapped therearound in the most convenient manner. lFurther wrappings of the cord may be made depending upon the size and shape of the package and so forth, these figures merely illustrating one means of the use of the invention.

The tie button 1 to which the ends of the cord (1 are secured is formed of a pair of circular plates 2 and 3, each of which is constructed substantially alike and held to gether by an adjustable fastening element ilthe latter consisting of a bolt having a threaded shank 4t to be engaged by a nut ldach of these plates 2. and 3 is provided with a central annular depressed portion 6, thereby forming an annular shoulder 7 which is spaced equidistant from the outer edge of the plate. Tn the center of each of the depressed portions 6 is formed an aperture to receive the shank 4 of the fastening element.

Tn forming this device these two circular plates which are in the form of disks are placed together in such a manner that their depressed portions 6 are arranged toward each other with the shoulders 7 in contact. This arrangement forms an annular flat chamber 8 between the two plates. The outer portion of each plate between the annular continuous shoulder and the outer edge is bent outwardly away from the other plate as shown at 9, thereby providing a continucus ll-shaped channel 10 between the two plates.

Une end of the cord G is disposed between the two plates 2 and 3 and within the chamher 8, this inner end being secured n any preferred manner to the shank l of the fastening element as shown at 11. At the point where this cord passes between. the shoulders '4', the latter are formed with a depression 12, these depressions together providing a seat in which the cord is clamped when the nut of the fastening element is tightened. llrom Fig. 7 it will be seen that both the head of the fastening element d and the nut 5 thereof do not project abovethe planes formed by the outer edges of each of the plates, thereby providing a surface which will rest flat against the package to be tied.

Tn tying a package with my improved tie, the same is preferably held in the left hand and the tie button 1 maintained in position on the top of the package by the thumb of the left hand. The cord C which extends from the button then wrapped around the package as shown in Fig. 1. After the intermediate portion of the cord is brought up adjacent the tie button it is then placed in the lf-shaped channel 10 as illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby allowing the direction of movement of the cord to be changed and the same disposed transversely around the package. l rftcl this transverse wrapping has been completed, the end of the cord is forced into the lf-shaped groove until it slides be tween the shoulders 7, said plates having sutlicient resiliency to permit this springing apart, yet the clamping action of the fastening element 4 will be great enough to tightly hold the end of the cord until it is manually released. It is believed that the various steps in the operation of the invention are clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3; therefore further discussion is unnecessary.

It will be noted that by adjusting the nut 5 on the shaft of the fastening element a, various sizes of cords may be used, and that also by'entirely removing this nut the two plates may be separated to allow the end of a new cord to be attached to the shank l. The tie button is preferably formed of thin sheet metal, but it is obvious that it may b formed of any other preferred or desired material and constructed in various sizes and shapes.

1 claim:

1. A package tie of the class described comprising a pair of plates, each having a central depression to form a continuous shoulder spaced inwardly from its edge, said plates being placed together with the depressed portion toward each other and the shoulders in contact, each of said shoulders having a depression, the same being disposed adjacent each other and alined to form a seat, the portion of each plate be tween said continuous shoulders and its outer edge being bent outwardly away from the other plate, whereby to form a substantially V-shaped channel, an adjustable fastening element connecting the central portions of the plates, and a cord having one end secured to the fastening element bet-ween the plates, said cord extending outwardly from between said plates and disposed in said seat.

2. A package tie of the class described comprising a pair of fiat circular plates of uniform size each having an annular central depression to form a continuous shoulder spaced inwardly from its edge, said plates being placed together with the annular depressions disposed toward each other and the shoulders in contact, a pair of oppositely disposed radially extending depressions in the contacting shoulders of said plates to form a seat, the portions of said plates from said shoulders to the outer edges being bent outwardly in opposite directions to form a substantially vi-shaped channel, said plates having a pair of alined, centrally disposed apertures, a bolt having its threaded shank passed thrmigh said apertures, a cord having one end secured to said bolt between the plates, said cord extending outwardly from between said plates and disposed in said seat, and a nut adjustable on said threaded shank whereby the plates may be adjusted to receive therebetween various sized cords.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY l3. ALl) EN. lVitnesses M. C. BROAD, J. FIELDING WIN'roN.

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